The late and lamented Derek Bailey has suggested that due to the current state of jazz—"a comfortable reminder of the good old days was one of his more sympathetic characterizations—a complete separation of jazz and improvised music is in effect. Aorta's sophomore effort, Janus, makes a good case for the validity of Bailey's point. The Swedish band, centered around NY-based guitarist Anders Nilsson, immediately presents in the opening "Operation: Janus" the elements which make up its music, none of which are considered jazz.

The 'Sea Of Sighs' album is dedicated to the real Janus fans, who have been kind enough to buy the albums for what is now 30 years! Happily, the music is more 2002 than 1972, thanks to the regular infusion of new blood, and exceptional talent, which constantly polishes, improves, and modernises, the music from the warped mind of Colin Orr. It features some searing guitar work, mournful-to- manic cello, sweet sax, the power and majesty of Paul Phoenix, and a larger role for Natalie Brown, who has both great looks and a fabulous voice. Powerful melody, classical music with modern rhythms, and rock flavours, as fresh and new as today's newspapers, but with the depth and soul that only 30 years experience can give, 'Sea of Sighs' Is the best Janus album yet.

Janus 5 has all of the standard calculation features expected of a top of the line astrology software program, including natal and transit reports, astro-mapping, Arabic Parts, fixed stars, progressed charts and return charts. It also has specialist modules for Traditional Western Medieval, Hellenistic, Horary and Electional Astrology; Vedic, Cosmobiology and Uranian Astrology.

Gravedigger by Janus finds the band playing in a psyche-tinged style of early progressive rock still entangled in the genre's roots in the 1960s underground - and emerged just as that style of prog was going out of fashion, to the band's misfortune…

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